The US has asked SA to challenge an attempt by South African poultry and pork producers to once again block US imports.
The US government wants an attempt by SA poultry and pork producers to block US imports, to be challenged by SA government.
Britain’s imminent exit from the EU offers a window of opportunity for SA businesses, says Britain’s High Commissioner to SA.
South African investors are gearing up to take advantage of India’s lifting of its caps on foreign investment.
France remains confident that SA will go ahead with plans to build 9 600 megawatts of extra nuclear power generation - despite the huge political controversy surrounding ...
The West failed to finish the job in 2011; now it must deal with the problem as soon as possible, writes Peter Fabricius
Eleven African countries are considering building nuclear power plants over the next 14 years to overcome the continent’s electricity shortage.
President Jacob Zuma’s foreign policy seems to be becoming more secretive. We saw that recently when his office would at first neither confirm or deny that he had ...
The New Development Bank is set to loan Eskom about R2. 5 billion to build transmission lines.
The AU and UN seem to be taking Joseph Kabila’s bait as he makes his bid for another term, writes Peter Fabricius.
United States chicken imports hit South African supermarket shelves on Tuesday for the first time in 15-years.
Moody’s hails Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s spending cuts - but wants more details about how he plans to achieve his targets.
The evaluation of the African Peer Review Mechanism reports comes at a crucial time, writes Peter Fabricius.
UN urges SA to introduce controls on short-term capital movements in and out of the country, to prevent further large depreciations of the rand.
US ambassador Patrick Gaspard details how the US will help SA grow its economy.
Peter Fabricius examines Barack Obama's decision to provisionally suspend SA's agricultural benefits under Agoa.
US Trade Representative Michael Froman has agreed for now not to suspend South Africa's trade benefits under Agoa.
Three ministers met US ambassador Patrick Gaspard to try to resolve a persistent trade dispute and so avoid losing lucrative duty-free entry into the US market. ...
SA looks set to lose lucrative duty-free access for its agricultural exports to the US after officials failed to reach agreement on outstanding trade issues.
One of the side-shows which played out around the summit of the Forum for China-Africa Co-operation last week was about who would represent Libya there.
"What a Christmas," says DIRCO DG Jerry Matjila. "It's raining. And now we see it pours billions of dollars. "
Robert Mugabe tells China's Xi Jinpeng that his $60bn aid has done for Africa "what we expected from colonisers in history. "
China has “over-delivered” on its promise in 2012 to lend $20 billion to African countries for development.
The New Development Bank should issue its first loans by April 2016, says its president, Kundapur Kamath.
The Focac gathering will be a milestone on which to build on past achievements, says Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.